Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

by James Buckley Jr, Who HQ, Max Hergenrother (Illustrator)

Overview

As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton’s incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times.  His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780448479316
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	12/26/2013
Series:	Who Was? Series
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	114,915
Product dimensions:	5.46(w) x 7.54(h) x 0.27(d)
Lexile:	770L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

James Buckley, Jr. is a sports writer for children. He has written more than 50 books about sports for kids, including titles on baseball, football, NASCAR, soccer, the Olympics, and more.